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Tom Carlson
B.A. in German and Linguistics (minors in English and History), Augsburg College, Mpls, MN 1988; Zwischenprüfungen: Linguistik, Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und Technik, Universität Stuttgart 1988 - 1994; M.A. TEFL (minor in Linguistics), U of MN 1998.
Work as Director of Studies of a private language school in Stuttgart Germany specializing in training adults in various languages and communication skills for business purposes. Previously freelance TEFL. Most of my duties involve staff recruitment, training,quality control and management - an HR department in one person!
Member of BESIG/IATEFL, formerly member of TESOL and MinneTESOL. Member of Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Society.
Play in, lead and/or compose and arrange for various jazz formations in Stuttgart, Germany, including the UniBigBand Stuttgart and the Louisiana Funky Butts.
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Faith & Beliefs
04/17/2008
Although I also happen to agree that there is clear evidence for the utility of religious belief in dealing with questions of our mortality, its extension into so many other realms of experience is more often than not distracting or sometimes downright harmful.
I would have preferred an answer to the actual question, namely regarding the rationality of religious belief. Rationality and utility are not identical. I doubt that religious believers of any stripe consider the usefulness of their faith as a rationale for holding their belilefs - at least not in those terms.
I'm interested in any responses you folks out there might have, as well as Dr. Ariels's.
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